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YOUR WASHINGTON
AND YOU!
A. WEEKLY
REPORT from
KARL MUNDT
SENATOR FROM SOUTH DAKOTA
United States Senate
"FOR A FAIR CHANCE FOR A FREE PEOPLE"
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 17 - FOR RELEASE MAY 4, 1959
SENATE RESTORES SCHOOL FUNDS: Adoption of a labor reform bill opened the way for Senate action on other measures
this week. Senate confirmation was given to the appointment of
Clare Boothe Luce as Ambassador to Brazil which was followed
by passage of the Second Supplemental Appropriations bill. The
Appropriations measure restored Public Law 874 and 815 funds
for federally-impacted school districts, which includes more
than 50 schools in South Dakota. Federal funds under these
laws are provided schools which have increased enrollments resulting from location of
federal projects or bases in the school district. Public schools which have Indian
students from reservations are also included under P. L. 874 and 815 programs. Action
by the Senate means that these schools will now receive the full amounts to which they
are entitled, Specifically, for schools receiving P. L. 874 funds, this means restoration of 15 per cent of the total allotment of which 85% had already been apportioned.
# #
LABOR REFORM MOVES FORWARD: Two years of McClellan Committee investigation
of abuses and racketeering in the labor-management field paid off this week. The sordid story of corruption, oppression and abuses of the rights of working men and women
who are members of America's trade unions moved beyond the "exposure" field into
legislative action with Senate passage of the Kennedy-Ervin bill. The House now faces
the test whether it will answer the cry of union members by approving this legislation
or buckle down to dictates of labor bosses by adopting a watered-down version. (More
about Senate action on back side of newsletter). The nation will continue to watch, and
wait, with high interest to see what happens in the House committees and Chamber.
QUOTE TO NOTE: Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy, speaking in Detroit
recently said: " we will have in the years ahead--and I mean in all the
years ahead--adequate military delivery capacity, on target, to deter any enemy from starting a war".
THE FARM FRONT: One-fifth of the farmer's outlay for production and family-
living expenses is spent for purchase, operation, and maintenance of farmer-owned
motor vehicles and machinery. A joint survey by USDA and the Bureau of Census conducted in 1956 reports that $8 billion was spent for this purpose by farmers. Forty
billion in expenditures was reported for farmers for the over-all operation. . . .Starvation in Haiti is being met with record food shipments through the USDA Direct Distribution Program. Nearly seven million pounds of food is being shipped this year to aid
about 100,000 needy persons in Haiti. Widespread drought and failure of the coffee
crop hit Haiti hard. . . . USDA is permitting extension of the 1957-crop grain sorghum
reseal loans. Extension is for 12 months. Earlier the USDA announced extension of
price-support loans on 1956-crop farm-stored wheat now under extended reseal. This
will help relieve the storage situation in the Northern Great Plains.
# # #
RADIOACTIVE FALL-OUT STUDY UNDERWAY: Much concern has been evidenced over
the dangers of radiation hazards from atomic fall-out. Conflicting statements on fall-out have confused the public, and as a result President Eisenhower has ordered a study
by the Atomic Energy Commission; the Health, Education, and Welfare Department;
and the Budget Bureau. The study is expected to be completed within a few weeks and
will bring up-to-date a study made by the National Academy of Sciences three years
ago. Protection of the public from radiation hazards is receiving considerable attention
since it was learned Russian nuclear tests in the Artic last fall were followed by a
doubling of radioactive content of the stratosphere.
# # |
SPRAY FROM THE POTOMAC: It was more than "spray" at the Pentagon the other day.
Back-up from the sewer system flooded the Nation's Defense Headquarters. If you think
we have a "proud" military establishment, you should have seen the turned-up noses
that day!. . . . What are the most critically needed foreign languages requiring priority
attention at language centers? The U.S. Office of Education selects Arabic, Chinese,
Hindustana, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian. And for a South Dakotan traveling
in the Deep South, he might add "Yankee" for our Dixie friends.

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2009-07-06

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YOUR WASHINGTON
AND YOU!
A. WEEKLY
REPORT from
KARL MUNDT
SENATOR FROM SOUTH DAKOTA
United States Senate
"FOR A FAIR CHANCE FOR A FREE PEOPLE"
VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 17 - FOR RELEASE MAY 4, 1959
SENATE RESTORES SCHOOL FUNDS: Adoption of a labor reform bill opened the way for Senate action on other measures
this week. Senate confirmation was given to the appointment of
Clare Boothe Luce as Ambassador to Brazil which was followed
by passage of the Second Supplemental Appropriations bill. The
Appropriations measure restored Public Law 874 and 815 funds
for federally-impacted school districts, which includes more
than 50 schools in South Dakota. Federal funds under these
laws are provided schools which have increased enrollments resulting from location of
federal projects or bases in the school district. Public schools which have Indian
students from reservations are also included under P. L. 874 and 815 programs. Action
by the Senate means that these schools will now receive the full amounts to which they
are entitled, Specifically, for schools receiving P. L. 874 funds, this means restoration of 15 per cent of the total allotment of which 85% had already been apportioned.
# #
LABOR REFORM MOVES FORWARD: Two years of McClellan Committee investigation
of abuses and racketeering in the labor-management field paid off this week. The sordid story of corruption, oppression and abuses of the rights of working men and women
who are members of America's trade unions moved beyond the "exposure" field into
legislative action with Senate passage of the Kennedy-Ervin bill. The House now faces
the test whether it will answer the cry of union members by approving this legislation
or buckle down to dictates of labor bosses by adopting a watered-down version. (More
about Senate action on back side of newsletter). The nation will continue to watch, and
wait, with high interest to see what happens in the House committees and Chamber.
QUOTE TO NOTE: Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy, speaking in Detroit
recently said: " we will have in the years ahead--and I mean in all the
years ahead--adequate military delivery capacity, on target, to deter any enemy from starting a war".
THE FARM FRONT: One-fifth of the farmer's outlay for production and family-
living expenses is spent for purchase, operation, and maintenance of farmer-owned
motor vehicles and machinery. A joint survey by USDA and the Bureau of Census conducted in 1956 reports that $8 billion was spent for this purpose by farmers. Forty
billion in expenditures was reported for farmers for the over-all operation. . . .Starvation in Haiti is being met with record food shipments through the USDA Direct Distribution Program. Nearly seven million pounds of food is being shipped this year to aid
about 100,000 needy persons in Haiti. Widespread drought and failure of the coffee
crop hit Haiti hard. . . . USDA is permitting extension of the 1957-crop grain sorghum
reseal loans. Extension is for 12 months. Earlier the USDA announced extension of
price-support loans on 1956-crop farm-stored wheat now under extended reseal. This
will help relieve the storage situation in the Northern Great Plains.
# # #
RADIOACTIVE FALL-OUT STUDY UNDERWAY: Much concern has been evidenced over
the dangers of radiation hazards from atomic fall-out. Conflicting statements on fall-out have confused the public, and as a result President Eisenhower has ordered a study
by the Atomic Energy Commission; the Health, Education, and Welfare Department;
and the Budget Bureau. The study is expected to be completed within a few weeks and
will bring up-to-date a study made by the National Academy of Sciences three years
ago. Protection of the public from radiation hazards is receiving considerable attention
since it was learned Russian nuclear tests in the Artic last fall were followed by a
doubling of radioactive content of the stratosphere.
# # |
SPRAY FROM THE POTOMAC: It was more than "spray" at the Pentagon the other day.
Back-up from the sewer system flooded the Nation's Defense Headquarters. If you think
we have a "proud" military establishment, you should have seen the turned-up noses
that day!. . . . What are the most critically needed foreign languages requiring priority
attention at language centers? The U.S. Office of Education selects Arabic, Chinese,
Hindustana, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian. And for a South Dakotan traveling
in the Deep South, he might add "Yankee" for our Dixie friends.